Benefits Of Baptism In The Holy Spirit

 

John 14: 16, And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.

When you are baptized in the Holy Spirit, it seems to add even more confidence and faith to your prayers. It helps to make you know your prayers will be answered.

When you pray, the Holy Spirit is like an ally or a backup. When you don't know how to pray, or what to pray, you don't have to be concerned about your words. Just speak your heart out. The Holy Spirit knows what's in your heart, and He will take your words from your heart and present them to our Father God as a perfect prayer.

John 14: 6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

I found out years ago what a blessing the Holy Spirit is, and the fact that He really is. Here's one example. I was putting in a fence and I asked the Holy Spirit to help me.

After an hour or so I ran into a problem I couldn't figure out how to correct. Almost without thinking I told the Holy Spirit about the problem. I told Him I didn't know what to do, and would He please help me. It couldn't have been more than 30 seconds later I had the perfect answer.

I always ask for help before I do anything. Don't forget that, it is important. One day I had to do something I had done dozens of times. I was in a hurry, so I just started to do it. Boy did I get a wakeup call. I really messed up. I quickly asked for help after I apologized, and it came just like day follows night.

Romans 8: 26-27, Likewise the Spirit, also helps in our weaknesses. for we do not know what we should pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings that cannot be uttered. He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is because He makes intercession for the Saints according to the will of God. And we know all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose

In my experience I found the Holy Spirit will never, ever, let you down. His help is determined by how much you count on Him. Whether it is helping to fix something, save you in a severe blizzard, or helping you pray. As it is with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, if you have a brain, remember this simple truth. Our Lord Jesus Christ, our Father God, and the Holy Spirit, are limited only by what we ask.

If you walk into a bank that had millions of dollars, and you were told you could take as much as you want, how much would you take? Get the idea? God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made by salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart and my personal savior. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Big Test

Romans 12: 19, Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; For it is written, vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

In these times, we see all manners of evil. Lies, corruption, hate, and a wide variety of other perversions. Even the justice system has been taken over by evil.

Looking at all of this evil makes most of us want to fight back. We see violations of God's laws all the time. Politicians and ordinary people are obsessed with the unthinkable.

2 Thessalonians 1:6-8, Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The problem is not ours. God created the world and everything in it. When Adam and Eve sinned, they gave up their God-given dominion over creation to satan.

Since there has been a war between good and evil going on since then, God allows what is going on because mankind has a free will. It is like separating the sheep from the goats. 

We must remind ourselves that it is God's business. He created it all, so only He can judge and fix everything. I believe that each person at judgment will know if they deserve punishment. No one will be able to say God is not fair.

We are His creation, so we are responsible for our actions. We have no right to judge what other people do. The best thing we can do is judge our own actions to see if we follow almighty God, or not. 

Revelation 21: 8, but the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

God Bless you and your Family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Honor God

1 Corinthians 10: 31, Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

If you want to honor God Almighty, but do not know how to start, consider the following verses. 

Proverbs 3: 9, honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the first fruits of all your increase.

Colossians 3:17, And whatever you do in Word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Proverbs 14:31, he who oppresses the poor reproaches his maker, but he who honors him has mercy on the needy.

Galatians 5: 22-23, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, (patience) kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control period against such there is no law.

When it comes right down to it, honoring God it's easier than most of us think. You honor Him when you act the way He wants you to act. When you are saved you receive the Holy Spirit. Because of this gift of the Holy Spirit, we have a list from the previous verse with suggestions of what we should act like. Every time we do one of these things we are honoring our creator.

Every morning when you get up: commit yourself and your day to the honor and glory of Jesus Christ. Then go about your day asking the Holy Spirit to help you reflect the light of Jesus to everyone you meet.

When you go to bed at night, you can thank God for allowing you to follow His will and honor Him. It doesn't get complicated, just follow your heart. God Bless you and your Family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Doing the will of God

Philippians 4:6- 7, be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication, with Thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Many Christians ask Almighty God to help them live according to His will. They pray for it, because they mean it. They find Bible verses to back up their prayers but are still disappointed when they don't receive a message from God.

Philippians 4: 13, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I know how they feel, because at one time that described me. Every day I would commit myself and everything I did to doing God's will. I asked our Father Almighty God to take total control of my life and everything in it. I figured that that was the safe thing to do. It seemed like nothing really changed; I was still in a spiritual vacuum.

Isaiah 26: 3, you will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You. Because he trusts in You.

In recent years, I faced at least six or seven actual life or death situations. Those times, I felt peace I've never experienced before. I felt the presence of God each time.

Through those times until now, I feel contentment about myself and everything in my life. Just as the Bible describes. We spend time talking about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and read the Bible.

After all of that, we finally figured out that the total contentment and trust in God was because we were living according to His will. The thing we must all remember and that includes myself, is that faith is not any motion that pops up like some kind of an explosion of faith. Faith and doing the will of God is really quite simple. If you take the words of Christ Himself and abide in Him and ask Him in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ to help you live according to His will, that is exactly what will happen. When I finally stopped looking for answers I found what I was looking for because he led me there.

Trusting in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and giving your life to Him, you will get to the point where you know you are abiding in Him and He is abiding in you. The next step is ask in his name and you will receive. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Being a Christian

Today I would like to talk to you about our common problem that almost every Christian experiences. I have talked to many people and experienced it myself a number of times. 

After you have been a Christian for a while, you may start to feel that your faith isn't quite as strong in your heart as it used to be. It gets to the point where you even wonder if you are really saved. The fact is every Christian experiences that at times, including the most famous preachers in history.

As you know by now Christians like anyone else go through life with problems. So, it stands to reason that you would also begin to question whether or not you still have what you once felt you had.

satan is at work all the time and one of his favorite things to do is to antagonize Christians. He is a master of deceit as proved by what he said to Eve. My advice to you, as my advice was to me, it is time to check in with Almighty God.

I have found through experience that whenever I start to doubt or question anything that is going on in my life, the best thing I can do is to go to the word of God. Almighty God is the answer in every situation.

When you were saved, the Lord Jesus Christ came into your heart and brought the Holy Spirit with Him. In the name of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, you can be sure that your salvation is sealed.

The Lord Jesus Christ said that if you abide in Him, and His words abide in you, ask what you will, and it will be granted to you. If you remember that verse, doubt about your salvation will vanish.

John 15: 7, If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

On the other end of this problem is the fact that some people feel they have everything figured out about being a Christian. When you reach that point you will find out that Almighty God will give you a wakeup call. The wakeup call might be a harsh reminder that you need to get back into the word, and count on Him for everything.

So, when you put it all together, if you stick with your Bible, read the words and think about what they mean, trusting in the Lord at all times, you are secure, and you can ignore whatever satan tries to tell you. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of s=Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Worldly Ways

James 4: 4, Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enemy with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

If you really look at and think about the world, you will see many things if you are looking at everything with spiritual eyes.

Romans 12: 2, and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

satan uses the world and its ways for many things. He shows you the so-called pleasures of the world to make you sin against God's word.

The pleasures of this world, like sex, money, and power, besides the obvious, are meant to become idols in your life, and replace Almighty God.

Sin is generally not going to jump out at you and say “beware, I am sin”. satan deceives today, just as he deceived Adam and Eve. He wants you to think about all of the so-called pleasures of the world so much, that you will forget about God.

The fact is my friends, you will not have peace, joy, and contentment, until you totally surrender yourself to God Almighty and put everything in His hands.

When you live in the world, there are so many things happening in these days of AI, that you cannot believe even your eyes. The best thing to do, get a steady diet of the word of God, talk to Him regularly, and do your best. He will guide you and help you, but you must let him. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, i thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Easy Does It

1 Peter 5: 7, Casting all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you.

You may be thinking today's message has a strange title. It is different, but it is true. The way we go through life and how the ups and downs of life affect us, is up to each of us.

I can make this statement because I learned the hard way.

Philippians 4: 6-7, be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with Thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The average person faces ups and downs every day. They experience anxiety, outright fear, and emotions that cause distress and plenty of failure. It doesn't matter if you are smart or not, the results are similar. Life can be like trying to put a 10,000 piece puzzle together in a pitch black room. Is there no answer?

James 1: 2-4, my brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

Turn on the light. The light is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. You do that by knowing Him, how much He loves you, what He did for you, His blessings, grace, and forgiveness. You can only know that by knowing who He really is.

The Bible tells us everything we need to know. When we ask Him to be our Savior, He fills us with Himself and the Holy Spirit.

Trials will come every once in a while, but if we give those problems to Him, He will help us. He fills us with so much peace, nothing can defeat us. You are never alone or without help. He is waiting for you. Take advantage of His offer while you still can. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!